At the edge of California’s Mojave Desert, the Mountain Pass mine looks like any other stretch of dust and rock.

Rare earths aren't all that rare. The real choke point is in processing and refining them, where China enjoys market ...

Researchers at UT Austin have created artificial membrane channels that mimic nature’s precision to selectively extract key ...

How China gained control of 90% of rare-earth refining while the U.S. abandoned Mountain Pass mine, creating dangerous ...

An employee with EnergyX, an Austin-based lithium startup, works in the company's laboratory on Oct. 7. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news ...

Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric ...

Major oil companies are drilling in East Texas again - but not for oil. This time, they're after lithium for batteries and other rare elements. Chevron and Halliburton announced East Texas projects ...

ERI and ReElement Technologies Corp., a portfolio company of American Resources Corp., have announced a strategic partnership ...

An Australian facility with Japanese backing is the most promising option for a rare earths refining hub outside China. But ...

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